badet

Badet is a term found in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish that serves two common grammatical roles. It can be the definite form of a noun meaning bath or bathing facility, and it can be the past participle of the verb bade (to bathe). Because the same form appears in multiple languages, its exact usage depends on the language context.

As a noun, badet denotes a bath or bathing facility, with the indefinite form typically appearing as bad in these languages and badet serving as the definite form meaning “the bath.” The noun generally refers to a place or instance of bathing rather than the act itself, though regional usage can vary. The form and meaning are closely related across Danish, Norwegian and Swedish due to shared linguistic roots.

As a verb form, badet functions as the past participle of bade (to bathe). It is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses, for example in phrases equivalent to “has bathed” or “has bathed oneself.” This participle form is common across the Scandinavian languages and aligns with similar French and English patterns for past participles of bathe.

Etymologically, badet derives from Old Norse bað, meaning bath, with cognates in related Germanic languages. The verb bade/bade means to bathe, and its past participle in these languages is typically badet. The word thus appears in a range of everyday contexts, from describing a room for washing to forming compound tense constructions.